Yahoo! News Singapore, 25 Feb 2013
The four former SMRT bus drivers who were last year charged with instigating an illegal strike were on Monday sentenced to between six and seven weeks in jail.
Gao Yue Qiang, 32, Liu Xiangying, 33, and Wang Xianjie, 39, were given six-week sentences, while 32-year-old He Jun Ling, who faced two charges, will be jailed for seven weeks.
The four could have been jailed for up to a year or fined $2,000, or both.
In mitigation earlier Monday, counsel for He said that the two-day strike "did not occur in a fit of pique", pointing out that the sub-optimal working conditions he faced have already been acknowledged by the authorities and SMRT. Full story
Related:
- Singapore jails bus drivers for inciting strikes - BBC News
- Singapore court sentences 4 Chinese bus drivers to jail for instigating 1st strike in 26 years - The Washington Post
- Singapore sentences 4 Chinese strikers to jail - San Francisco Chronicle
- Chinese bus drivers sentenced after going on strike in Singapore - CNN International
